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while they don't have the fuel to deorbit themselves, they will eventually deorbit due to orbital decay. Still, as you said, they won't fall straight down, and
by n6h6 3y ago
while they don't have the fuel to deorbit themselves, they will eventually deorbit due to orbital decay.
Still, as you said, they won't fall straight down, and would probably burn up in the atmosphere regardless.
- sam_bristow 3y agoIn the case of satellites in GEO that "eventually" is on the order of millions of years. For LEO it's a lot shorter obviously.
- n6h6 3y agothat's actually a good point, I didn't know orbital decay was so slow